The government appears to take heraldry seriously. After a local government reorganisation a few years ago, the attorney-general (who is ex officio head of the College) told the new local authorities that they were required to register arms. It was necessary, he said, because arms serve as "a sense of recognition, pride, belonging and an encouragement of a lifestyle based on honour and recognition of the responsibility and service to others."

Here, for example, are the arms of the Moyale county council. The format of the document appears to be based on the South African certificate :

Thanks for charing those Arthur. Some quite good like the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya. The Kianda School has a fairly good Arms to but should loose the red lines which perhaps is only an artists' whim.

The red outlines on the Kianda School arms appear to be part of the design. The blazon on the certificate reads : Or a valley with two hills in background Azure, on a chief per pale Argent and Azure a branch enflamed at three points and a palm tree more plainly depicted all bordered Gules. They seem to think that "more plainly depicted" means "proper".

"...more plainly depicted..." might be Kenyan shorthand for the English College of Arms phrase "as is more plainly depicted in the margin" - which is English shorthand for "we can't figure out how else to blazon this"